A psychoanalytic approach to visual artists / James W. Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, James W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Psychological aspects.

Art.

Amateur films--Psychological aspects.

Amateur films.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

James Hamilton's engaging book offers us his own unique insight into the unconscious factors involved in the creative processes associated with painting, filmmaking, and photography by studying the lives and works of a number of artists, each one having a unique personal style.In separate chapters, he looks at the lives and works of Mark Rothko, Joseph Cornell, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Clement Greenberg, Edward Weston, Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, Quentin Tarantino, and Florian von Donnersmarck from a psychoanalytic perspective with emphasis on unconscious motivation and the quest f

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Mark Rothko; CHAPTER TWO Joseph Cornell; CHAPTER THREE Piet Mondrian; CHAPTER FOUR Pablo Picasso; CHAPTER FIVE Clement Greenberg; CHAPTER SIX Edward Weston; CHAPTER SEVEN Ingmar Bergman; CHAPTER EIGHT François Truffaut; CHAPTER NINE Quentin Tarantino; CHAPTER TEN Florian von Donnersmarck; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91045-2

0-429-89622-0

0-429-47145-9

1-280-12578-0

9786613529640

1-84940-974-9

9780429471452

OCLC:

785811679